Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



8. J. ZALESKI.

METALLIG TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. s, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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S. J. ZALESKI.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STANISLAW JAN ZALESKI, or CHICAGO, ILLIN METALLIC TIE 00., or CHICAGO, ILL

018, AS SIGNOR TO SIMPLEX RAIL FASTENER 6: INOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER Specification otLetters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed April a, 1908. Serial No. 424,899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANISLAW JAN ZA- LESKI, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

I My invention relates to improvements in metallic ties and rail fasteners; and the objects of my improvement are, first, the pro- .vision'of' a tiehaving a broad rail-bearing surface and a web of contour lines to be stable without the-use of a base or flanges; second, the employment of a clamp member capable of a rocking movement and a sliding movement toward and from the rail flange; third, the use of a brace-clamp to bear against the web of the rail; and, fourth, the

production of a soft iron wedge of such conand Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 9 is a perspective of the clamp-member. Fig. 10 is aperspective view or" the wedge. Fig. 11 is a cross-section of the wedge. Fig. 12 is an inverted plan view of the tie.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to thedrawings by reference numerals, 13 denotes relatively wide rail-bearing portions, and 14 a narrower-intermediate portion of the tie. an incision or slit 16 a major portion of its width and at right angle to the longitudinal axis of the web. The oppositely curved portions of the web, 17, 17 rovide a stable base for the tie and prevent lbngitudinal dis placement of the tie. Theclamp openings 18, 19 through the topof the tie, it Will be noted, are n opposite sides of the Web. At right angl to the openings 18, 19 through the upper portion of the web and adjacent thereto are wedge slots edges of the top of the tie are depressions 21 evation of the tie and Fig. 7 is a,

The web 15 of the tie has 20. In opposite.

which result in corresponding raised points to form guides for the wedge shown in Fig. 10.

The numeral 22 represents the rail. A clamp member 23, with rear extension 24, rear notch or recess 25, wedge opening 26, and flange engaging portion 27, is adapted to be inserted in vertical openings 18 or 19 with the wedge opening 26- belowthe top of the tie. A somewhat similar brace clamp 28 is provided with rear extension 29, rear notch or recess 30, Wedge opening 31, offset 32, top of tie bearing surface 33, slightly rounded lower edge 34, web bracing upward extension 35,

and flange engaging portion 36. .The rounded edge 34 is adapted to permit a slight rocking movement toward the Web. v r

In Fig. 10 is shown a Wedge preferably made of wrought iron or other metal capable of bending without fracture. The slots 20 in the web are preferably longer than the width of the Wedge,1which is pointed, 39, beveled on one lower edge and has a head 37 for driving it into position and limiting its inward movement. It will be understood the edge 39 bears against one end of one of the slots20, and that the openings'26 and 31 are longer than the greatest width of the wedge;

In Fig. 1 the numeral 111) point of the wedge. In Fig. 12 is shown a modified form of web formation. The ends 41 are similarly curved and the intermediate portions 42 are oppositely curved, with theincisions or slits 43, 43. In the manufacture of my tie it may be rolled, the slits-or incisions, 16, 43, made and the web oppositely curved in any suitable or desired manner to give it substantially the contour lines' shown in the drawings.

In operation the flanges of the rail are placed on the tie between'the opening 18, or 19, thenthe clamp members put into position with the flange bearing portion 27 upon the rail flange. Thewedge (Fig. 10) is inserted 'through the o 'ening 26 in the clamp member, or 31 of the race clam and forced to the desired position, and t e oint 40 turned up to avoid withdrawal." T e brace clamp may be'e'm loyed as often-as may be required to bracet e. web of the rail from the outside side.

40 indicates the bent- Variation in form, arrangement and construction as abovefidescribed may be made, and I desire, therefore, not to limit my invention to the exact description of the preferred form in which it has been embodied.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

. 1'. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, in

combination, a tie having a' Web oppositely.

curved laterally from a point intermediate its ends and horizontal slots therethrough, a clamp member having a Wedge opening therethrough and a flange engaging portion, and a pointed Wedge ada ted to engage one end of one of the slots an the bottom of the wedge opening in the clamp member.

2. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, in combination, a tie having a web oppositely curved laterally from a point intermediate its ends and horizontally slotted near the top thereof, a brace clamp member having a wedge openingand an upper extension capable of bearing against the Web and upon the to engage one end of one of the we slots and the bottom ofthe wedge opening.

3. In a metallic tie, a web having an ine adapted cision at right angle to its longitudinal axis i and oppositely curfed from a point intermediate its ends to form a base, said web being curved near the incision at an angle to the length of the tie to prevent longitudinaldisplacement thereof.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STANISLAW JAN ZALESKI.

Witnesses:

-S. ELVA KELLoco,

WILLIAM I. CRAWFORT. 

